Kate to take maternity leave from royal duties
28 Dec 2012 6:08 AM IST
Duchess of Cambridge Kate Middleton is expected to take maternity leave from her royal duties and may not go on any official tours abroad after baby is born next year. According to a report in The Telegraph, the Duchess will give birth to her first child next summer, meaning she is likely to be unavailable for any foreign trips before the end of the year.
No plans had been made for any overseas trips at the time she announced her pregnancy, and royal aides said it would be ‘unusual’ for her to be asked to travel within a few months of the birth. When the Duke of Cambridge was born in June 1982, his parents did not carry out an overseas tour for 10 months.
A royal source said: ‘The Duchess will give birth at some point in 2013 and it would be unusual for her to travel in the couple of months after that.
‘No overseas tour has yet been planned for next year, and obviously the arrival of the baby will have an effect on the Duchess's diary.’ ‘If you take Princess Diana as an example, she took Prince William with her when she and the Prince of Wales went abroad a few months afterwards, so that would be one possibility.’
The Prince of Wales and Diana, Princess of Wales carried out a six-week tour of Australia and New Zealand starting in March 1983.
Since the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge married in 2011, they have carried out long-haul tours to North America and the Far East in successive summers, but the timing of the babys birth is likely to mean the couple will not carry out another tour together until 2014. One possibility is that the Duke could carry out a tour on his own, but this is only likely to be considered if he is asked to take on a relatively low-key visit within Europe.
No plans had been made for any overseas trips at the time she announced her pregnancy, and royal aides said it would be ‘unusual’ for her to be asked to travel within a few months of the birth. When the Duke of Cambridge was born in June 1982, his parents did not carry out an overseas tour for 10 months.
A royal source said: ‘The Duchess will give birth at some point in 2013 and it would be unusual for her to travel in the couple of months after that.
‘No overseas tour has yet been planned for next year, and obviously the arrival of the baby will have an effect on the Duchess's diary.’ ‘If you take Princess Diana as an example, she took Prince William with her when she and the Prince of Wales went abroad a few months afterwards, so that would be one possibility.’
The Prince of Wales and Diana, Princess of Wales carried out a six-week tour of Australia and New Zealand starting in March 1983.
Since the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge married in 2011, they have carried out long-haul tours to North America and the Far East in successive summers, but the timing of the babys birth is likely to mean the couple will not carry out another tour together until 2014. One possibility is that the Duke could carry out a tour on his own, but this is only likely to be considered if he is asked to take on a relatively low-key visit within Europe.
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